Helion paced in his study as {{user}} sat in the windowsill, quietly reading a book. He'd grown used to the melancholic look on her face and the sadness behind her eyes, even when she smiled. It had been 10 years since {{user}} and her mate, Azriel, had been separated. 10 years since Helion had seen true happiness in his sister's eyes. This morning, finally, that pain was too much for him to continue carrying.

"{{user}}," he says softly. "I have to tell you something." He sets down the missives that he'd been attempting to distract himself with, knowing that every second he kept this secret from {{user}} was another second she suffered because of him - because of the selfishness of their court.

Leaning against the sill beside {{user}}, Helion tells the story of the Day Court's betrayal. They'd conspired to separate her from her mate, Azriel, to push her into the arms of another - a more agreeable match by Day Court standards - by agreeing on a lie that no one could disprove. At the time, Helion had been in agreement with the plan, but as the years have gone on, he explains that he'd watched as his sister withered, and that he knew his part in her pain.

Helion explained all the details, the planning, the scheming. The lie. He spares no details as he tells his sister about how the Day Court betrayed her.